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diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst index 7eca9026a9ed..738d7b4dc33a 100644 --- a/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst +++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/pm/cpufreq.rst @@ -1,13 +1,16 @@ -.. |struct cpufreq_policy| replace:: :c:type:`struct cpufreq_policy <cpufreq_policy>` +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +.. include:: <isonum.txt> + .. |intel_pstate| replace:: :doc:`intel_pstate <intel_pstate>` ======================= CPU Performance Scaling ======================= -:: +:Copyright: |copy| 2017 Intel Corporation + +:Author: Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> - Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corp., Rafael J. Wysocki <rafael.j.wysocki@intel.com> The Concept of CPU Performance Scaling ====================================== @@ -88,16 +91,16 @@ control the P-state of multiple CPUs at the same time and writing to it affects all of those CPUs simultaneously. Sets of CPUs sharing hardware P-state control interfaces are represented by -``CPUFreq`` as |struct cpufreq_policy| objects. For consistency, -|struct cpufreq_policy| is also used when there is only one CPU in the given +``CPUFreq`` as struct cpufreq_policy objects. For consistency, +struct cpufreq_policy is also used when there is only one CPU in the given set. -The ``CPUFreq`` core maintains a pointer to a |struct cpufreq_policy| object for +The ``CPUFreq`` core maintains a pointer to a struct cpufreq_policy object for every CPU in the system, including CPUs that are currently offline. If multiple CPUs share the same hardware P-state control interface, all of the pointers -corresponding to them point to the same |struct cpufreq_policy| object. +corresponding to them point to the same struct cpufreq_policy object. -``CPUFreq`` uses |struct cpufreq_policy| as its basic data type and the design +``CPUFreq`` uses struct cpufreq_policy as its basic data type and the design of its user space interface is based on the policy concept. @@ -143,9 +146,9 @@ CPUs in it. The next major initialization step for a new policy object is to attach a scaling governor to it (to begin with, that is the default scaling governor -determined by the kernel configuration, but it may be changed later -via ``sysfs``). First, a pointer to the new policy object is passed to the -governor's ``->init()`` callback which is expected to initialize all of the +determined by the kernel command line or configuration, but it may be changed +later via ``sysfs``). First, a pointer to the new policy object is passed to +the governor's ``->init()`` callback which is expected to initialize all of the data structures necessary to handle the given policy and, possibly, to add a governor ``sysfs`` interface to it. Next, the governor is started by invoking its ``->start()`` callback. @@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ are the following: present). The existence of the limit may be a result of some (often unintentional) - BIOS settings, restrictions coming from a service processor or another + BIOS settings, restrictions coming from a service processor or other BIOS/HW-based mechanisms. This does not cover ACPI thermal limitations which can be discovered @@ -245,6 +248,20 @@ are the following: If that frequency cannot be determined, this attribute should not be present. +``cpuinfo_avg_freq`` + An average frequency (in KHz) of all CPUs belonging to a given policy, + derived from a hardware provided feedback and reported on a time frame + spanning at most few milliseconds. + + This is expected to be based on the frequency the hardware actually runs + at and, as such, might require specialised hardware support (such as AMU + extension on ARM). If one cannot be determined, this attribute should + not be present. + + Note that failed attempt to retrieve current frequency for a given + CPU(s) will result in an appropriate error, i.e.: EAGAIN for CPU that + remains idle (raised on ARM). + ``cpuinfo_max_freq`` Maximum possible operating frequency the CPUs belonging to this policy can run at (in kHz). @@ -257,13 +274,13 @@ are the following: The time it takes to switch the CPUs belonging to this policy from one P-state to another, in nanoseconds. - If unknown or if known to be so high that the scaling driver does not - work with the `ondemand`_ governor, -1 (:c:macro:`CPUFREQ_ETERNAL`) - will be returned by reads from this attribute. - ``related_cpus`` List of all (online and offline) CPUs belonging to this policy. +``scaling_available_frequencies`` + List of available frequencies of the CPUs belonging to this policy + (in kHz). + ``scaling_available_governors`` List of ``CPUFreq`` scaling governors present in the kernel that can be attached to this policy or (if the |intel_pstate| scaling driver is @@ -286,7 +303,8 @@ are the following: Some architectures (e.g. ``x86``) may attempt to provide information more precisely reflecting the current CPU frequency through this attribute, but that still may not be the exact current CPU frequency as - seen by the hardware at the moment. + seen by the hardware at the moment. This behavior though, is only + available via c:macro:``CPUFREQ_ARCH_CUR_FREQ`` option. ``scaling_driver`` The scaling driver currently in use. @@ -376,7 +394,9 @@ policy limits change after that. This governor does not do anything by itself. Instead, it allows user space to set the CPU frequency for the policy it is attached to by writing to the -``scaling_setspeed`` attribute of that policy. +``scaling_setspeed`` attribute of that policy. Though the intention may be to +set an exact frequency for the policy, the actual frequency may vary depending +on hardware coordination, thermal and power limits, and other factors. ``schedutil`` ------------- @@ -396,8 +416,8 @@ RT or deadline scheduling classes, the governor will increase the frequency to the allowed maximum (that is, the ``scaling_max_freq`` policy limit). In turn, if it is invoked by the CFS scheduling class, the governor will use the Per-Entity Load Tracking (PELT) metric for the root control group of the -given CPU as the CPU utilization estimate (see the `Per-entity load tracking`_ -LWN.net article for a description of the PELT mechanism). Then, the new +given CPU as the CPU utilization estimate (see the *Per-entity load tracking* +LWN.net article [1]_ for a description of the PELT mechanism). Then, the new CPU frequency to apply is computed in accordance with the formula f = 1.25 * ``f_0`` * ``util`` / ``max`` @@ -418,8 +438,8 @@ This governor exposes only one tunable: ``rate_limit_us`` Minimum time (in microseconds) that has to pass between two consecutive - runs of governor computations (default: 1000 times the scaling driver's - transition latency). + runs of governor computations (default: 1.5 times the scaling driver's + transition latency or the maximum 2ms). The purpose of this tunable is to reduce the scheduler context overhead of the governor which might be excessive without it. @@ -467,17 +487,17 @@ This governor exposes the following tunables: This is how often the governor's worker routine should run, in microseconds. - Typically, it is set to values of the order of 10000 (10 ms). Its - default value is equal to the value of ``cpuinfo_transition_latency`` - for each policy this governor is attached to (but since the unit here - is greater by 1000, this means that the time represented by - ``sampling_rate`` is 1000 times greater than the transition latency by - default). + Typically, it is set to values of the order of 2000 (2 ms). Its + default value is to add a 50% breathing room + to ``cpuinfo_transition_latency`` on each policy this governor is + attached to. The minimum is typically the length of two scheduler + ticks. If this tunable is per-policy, the following shell command sets the time - represented by it to be 750 times as high as the transition latency:: + represented by it to be 1.5 times as high as the transition latency + (the default):: - # echo `$(($(cat cpuinfo_transition_latency) * 750 / 1000)) > ondemand/sampling_rate + # echo `$(($(cat cpuinfo_transition_latency) * 3 / 2))` > ondemand/sampling_rate ``up_threshold`` If the estimated CPU load is above this value (in percent), the governor @@ -698,4 +718,8 @@ hardware feature (e.g. all Intel ones), even if the :c:macro:`CONFIG_X86_ACPI_CPUFREQ_CPB` configuration option is set. -.. _Per-entity load tracking: https://lwn.net/Articles/531853/ +References +========== + +.. [1] Jonathan Corbet, *Per-entity load tracking*, + https://lwn.net/Articles/531853/ |